Primary Colors are the only colors that can’t be created through the mix of other colors. The three primary colors are: RED, YELLOW and BLUE, these colors can be mixed to produce Secondary Color, which are GREEN, PURPLE and ORANGE. An important rule of the color wheel is that colors opposite to each other on the color wheel usually work well together as a color scheme. These are known as Complementary Colors
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The color circle can be divided into warm and cool colors. Warm colors are vivid and energetic, and tend to advance in space. In the other side,Cool colors give an impression of calm, and create a soothing impression. Moreover WHITE, BLACK and GRAY are considered to be neutral.
Tints are light values that are made by mixing a color with white and Shades are dark values that are made by mixing a color with black. For example,pink is a tint of red and burgundy is a shade of red. Paintings that use only one color and the tints and shades of that color are called monochromatic (one=mono; color=chromatic).
Analogous colors sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related.Orange, yellow-orange, and yellow are an example of analogous colors.
Colors are often associated with moods. For example, we say "green with envy," "a blue mood." Certain colors also look cool, such as blue, green and violet; and others look warm, like red, orange and yellow. Although sometimes the same color will appear to be two slightly different colors when placed against different backgrounds.
Artists use colors to create a variety of desired effects. When an artist paints a scene or objects realistically, colors are used in imitation of the things being painted. So, for example,the dust and moisture in the atmosphere make the color of an object appear duller and less intense the further away it is from the viewer.
The artist can get different effects according to the technique that apply the colors, for example: When small dots of pure color are applied close together, the viewer's eyes mix the colors. Notice that each dot of pure color the artist has used looks bright, but when your eye mixes them they are subdued, almost neutral.
Some artists use color in an arbitrary way. Instead of imitating the natural colors of objects, they used colors for symbolic or expressive purposes.
In some painting shapes merely suggest natural objects and colors are applied scientifically, the way notes form chords in musical compositions that produces, according to the artist's theories, a feeling of harmony in the viewer.
The color circle can be divided into warm and cool colors.
Warm colors are vivid and energetic, and tend to advance in space. In the other side,Cool colors give an impression of calm, and create a soothing impression. Moreover WHITE, BLACK and GRAY are considered to be neutral.
Tints are light values that are made by mixing a color with white and Shades are dark values that are made by mixing a color with black. For example,pink is a tint of red and burgundy is a shade of red. Paintings that use only one color and the tints and shades of that color are called monochromatic (one=mono; color=chromatic).
Analogous colors sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related.Orange, yellow-orange, and yellow are an example of analogous colors.
Colors are often associated with moods. For example, we say "green with envy," "a blue mood." Certain colors also look cool, such as blue, green and violet; and others look warm, like red, orange and yellow. Although sometimes the same color will appear to be two slightly different colors when placed against different backgrounds.
Artists use colors to create a variety of desired effects. When an artist paints a scene or objects realistically, colors are used in imitation of the things being painted. So, for example,the dust and moisture in the atmosphere make the color of an object appear duller and less intense the further away it is from the viewer.
The artist can get different effects according to the technique that apply the colors, for example: When small dots of pure color are applied close together, the viewer's eyes mix the colors. Notice that each dot of pure color the artist has used looks bright, but when your eye mixes them they are subdued, almost neutral.
Some artists use color in an arbitrary way. Instead of imitating the natural colors of objects, they used colors for symbolic or expressive purposes.
In some painting shapes merely suggest natural objects and colors are applied scientifically, the way notes form chords in musical compositions that produces, according to the artist's theories, a feeling of harmony in the viewer.